Seasons greetings

 

Waxeye

Photograph courtesy Brian J Hunter

Holly

The last of the winter berries

Busking

Young piper and drummers outside 

Dunedin Railway Station.

Busking in the Edinburgh of the South.

And they're off

Outside the Stagecoach Hotel,

Otira, New Zealand

A plea

I came across this pile of dirt whilst out walking one day.

The notice reads:

SAVE The Dirt

Help us kids

The dirt pile is getting removed! Help us to save it.

The kids were collecting ticks or crosses - they had 32 ticks when I came across them.

I must return and see whether we managed to SAVE the Dirt :)

An autumn walk

Banks of the Silverstream,

Mosgiel, New Zealand

Duck, duck, goose...

Muscovy followed by a mallard

...or geese

geese

 Bellview Wetlands Reserve,

Lawrence, New Zealand.

Otira Stagecoach Hotel

An interesting place to break your journey on the way over the pass.

Otira, New Zealand

On the road

Heading into Canterbury from the West Coast

Near Cave Stream Scenic Reserve,

Southern Alps, New Zealand.

Autumn colour

Autumn days

The tunnel

At Tunnel Beach.

Can you see the tunnel entrance?

This tunnel leads to what was a private beach

but is now open to the public.

Tunnel Beach, Dunedin, NZ.

Cliff views

Taken from Tunnel Beach track,

Dunedin, New Zealand

Red Admiral butterfly

Who would believe this  ...

and this...

were one and the same?

And yes we did release it again.

Black billed gull

Endemic to New Zealand and the most

threatened gull species on the planet.

Lined up and ready

Bin collection day

New Year's Day 2019

Ocean View Beach, Dunedin.

approximately 8pm.